Warning: Cute alert!

Check out an intimate view of the California Academy of Science’s live African penguin exhibit. Watch the birds swim, dive, flirt, nest and relax from any one of three live webcams. Listen in as Academy biologists answer questions from visitors during meal time, daily at 10:30am and 3:00pm PST.

About African Penguins

The Academy participates in the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Program for African penguins, aimed at conserving this species in the wild. In 2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the species as endangered, or at very high risk of extinction in the wild. African penguin populations are threatened by competition with commercial fishing operations, guano removal, oil spills, and predation by feral cats.

About the California Academy of Sciences

Located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the California Academy of Sciences is home to Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum, and world-class research and education programs—all under one living roof. Established in 1853, the Academy's mission is to explore, explain and and sustain life.